Fresh Air, Robin Wright and Deborah Avant (Nonfiction‪)‬

Journalist Robin Wright and military expert Deborah Avant on this edition of Fresh Air. Robin Wright works for the Los Angeles Times as the chief diplomatic correspondent. Wright has just returned from Iran, Iraq and Kurdistan. She'll talk about the future of the Persian Gulf if the U.S. goes to war with Iraq and ousts Saddam Hussein. Deborah Avant is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University. Her area of expertise is the privatization of security and military services. (Broadcast Date: November 26, 2002)